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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Dear Colleagues</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Researchers – in addition to subscription databases – can also access high quality research via the many open access databases/platforms available. Below
a few pointers (by far not complete) as to where researchers can find open access research content.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">General</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ Zenodo <a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/azjHCX6XE5tmRj54i6qlEc">
https://zenodo.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ Unpaywall <a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/BPP5CY6YG5t5qm1DHGgIKV">
https://unpaywall.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ ScienceOpen <a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/28PhCZ4GJ0izLA47CKDnXc">
https://www.scienceopen.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ List of Open Access databases (Vancouver Island University)
<a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/FhIxC1jp84S8oxz6CXAh16">https://libguides.viu.ca/db_open</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ Listing of Open Access Databases
<a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/NB7xC2Rq5Wi7XWlVH9IRQn">http://www.loadb.org/</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Institutional Repositories</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Researchers are encouraged to publish research articles as always, with preferred publishers. In addition to publishing their research
articles, they are encouraged to also upload a second copy of the published article into the institutions’ institutional repository. The purpose of an IR is to centrally archive all research output by an institution, at the same time increasing the visibility
of the institution and the impact it has in addressing research challenges. The following directories provide info on known repositories from all over the world:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ openDOAR: <span class="xmsohyperlink">
<a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/iuAKC3lr5wiZloAXHvZzxN">http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ The BASE search engine harvests metadata from repositories – see
<span class="xmsohyperlink"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/b56JC48v7LUrOE0zIjJggp">https://www.base-search.net/about/en/</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ The Association of African Universities (AAU) has implemented a harvester (DATAD-R) to harvest African repositories. See
<span class="xmsohyperlink"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/nfqsC58w5LUA73jMil5fNu">http://datad.aau.org/</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Journals</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists 12,740 Open Access journals from all over the world. High quality African open access journals are also encouraged to adhere to the requirements,
and to apply for inclusion. See <span class="xmsohyperlink"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/eWWGC66x59tXv7OPf9PxSs">https://doaj.org/</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Books/Monographs</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ See the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB):
<span class="xmsohyperlink"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/48K-C76y5XtLK2pzhkQIAj">https://www.doabooks.org/</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Data Repositories</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ We have identified quite a number of data repositories on the African continent as part of the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). To be published as part of the AOSP landscape study.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt">ˇ Data repositories are encouraged to register with re3data.org:
<span class="xmsohyperlink"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/3cN8C8qz5ES90WvXH4GkFy">https://www.re3data.org/</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Kind regards</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Ina (on behalf of the AOSP Project Team)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ina Smith</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Project Manager:
<a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/Dam2C98A5gU8XA3zCBBhdU">African Open Science Platform</a>
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Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<br>
<a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/7coEC0go6Lfj5QokFBa_Xk">DOAJ Ambassador, Southern Africa Region</a><br>
<a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/IyXcCg5Dg2S8RK0qCPBh1s">LIASA Librarian of the Year 2016</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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